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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the painting of Adam resemble in Laura's imagination?
(a) Louis Armstrong.
(b) Joe Louis.
(c) Lanston Hughes.
(d) Martin Luther King.

2. As Laura leaves, what is she hoping?
(a) To win the next ten thousand dollar pot at the tracks.
(b) That Essie will reconsider.
(c) That a favorite of her many men friends will visit that night.
(d) That Essie doesn't bring her daughter there.

3. What scheme does Buddy suggest for making more money?
(a) Telling the congregation that Essie is dying and needs help.
(b) Giving potential gambling numbers during the preaching.
(c) Selling prayer shawls from "Jerusalem."
(d) Cutting back on the bribes to the police.

4. For what does Laura say they need money?
(a) For a tambourine and a Bible.
(b) To rent the local community center.
(c) To buy hymnals.
(d) To pay an organist.

5. How does Laura inspire Essie?
(a) She gives a demonstration of what she would preach.
(b) She says that Essie could bring her daughter there with the money.
(c) She describes all the fine things they would do for the people in the neighborhood.
(d) She goes into a trancelike state and says "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laura discover after she has talked about her life for some time?

2. Over what do the women argue in Chapter 7?

3. Who is evicted to make room for the church?

4. What does Laura say about Essie that is hurtful?

5. What is Essie's opinion of Laura's lifestyle?

(see the answer key)

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